#8A9D79#8A9D79

#8A9D79 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.056 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D79
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(92, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(92, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -13.49, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 21.43, 129.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0362 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.056 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9888, 30.8975, 22.6801)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D79 #8C799D

analogous

#9C9D79 #8A9D79 #799D7A

triadic

#8A9D79 #798A9D #9D798A

tetradic

#8A9D79 #799C9D #8C799D #9D7A79

square

#8A9D79 #799C9D #8C799D #9D7A79

split-complementary

#8A9D79 #7A799D #9D799C

monochromatic

#4D5A42 #6B7D5C #8A9D79 #A9B79C #C8D1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#8A9D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#8A9D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D79

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D79	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E967B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.056 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acba9f',
    500: '#8a9d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d79;
$custom-light: #acba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.667,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67121,
    "c": 0.0558,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D79

secondary

#B9B1C1

accent

#70B896

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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